For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.
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The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.George Gissing
It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.
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Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable One symbol, indeed, has obscured all others--the minted round of metal. And one may safely say that, of all the ages since a coin first became the symbol of power, ours is that in which it yields to the majority of its possessors the poorest return in heart's contentment.
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I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things.
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Time is money says the proverb, but turn it around and you get a precious truth. Money is time.
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